The word colita means literally, "Little Tail".

In the song, "Hotel California", the Eagles band is referring to, "the warm smell of Colitas rising up though the air". In this sense, the Little Tails, or tips of the marijuana plant, and of course the most potent part.

I hava also heard the term colita reference a person's butt or a woman's private parts.
Smoking the colitas!
Move your Colita.
by Webserf January 2, 2007
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Small bud on a marijuana plant
warm smell of colitas rising in the air
by Colita December 10, 2003
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Featured in the song "Hotel California" by The Eagles, Colitas have been repeatedly defined by Don Henley and Don Felder as "desert flowers", the Colita de Rata, or Wild Buckwheat.

A perennial up to one foot 30.5 cm tall, favoring dry rocky slopes, Wild buckwheat has a basal whorl of grayish spoon-shaped leaves. Creamy white flowers form in clusters on the stem.
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air.

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A term used in the Hispanic culture referencing a small perky butt/vagina. Usually referring to a small child.
"Mommy, my colita itches."

"Maria, stop touching colita."
"That ride at Disneyland really makes my colta tickle!"
"That bike really makes my colita hurt!"
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Colitas: A type of sage (plant) indigenous to the desert southwest of North America. Other common names, Antelope Sage, James' buckwheat, horticultural name "Eriogonum jamesii". This is NOT a form of canaabus.
When warmed by the desert sun colitas releases a pleasant odor that is considered by locals to be uniquely American. The use of the name in the lyrics of Eagles song Hotel California is a reference to a feeling that is uniquely American and to a fatigue that is common to residents of the desert southwest.
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According to Irving Azoff (Eagles management),

"During the writing of the song 'Hotel California,' by Don Henley and Glenn Frey, the word 'colitas' was improperly translated for them by their Mexican-American road manager as 'little buds.'

Colitas is little tails, but here the author could also be hinting at 'colas,' the tip of a marijuana branch, where it is more potent and with more sap — said to be the best part of the leaves."
On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair. Warm smell of colitas rising up through the air.
by Ethan M September 4, 2006
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